State officials have ordered a Chapel Hill day care to close after a toddler was left in a small bus for hours during 90-degree temperatures earlier this week.New Life Child Development Center was ordered to close by the end of Friday following Tuesday's incident, WNCN reported.Officials from the state Department of Health and Human services said a 2-year-old girl was left unattended in a preschool day van from around 9 a.m. to around 3:30 p.m. The girl was in a passenger restraint device, DHHS officials said.The girl's mother said her daughter was dehydrated after the incident but otherwise in good condition.Outside temperatures at Chapel Hill's Williams Airport reached 97 degrees Tuesday afternoon.DHHS officials allege the facility's owner didn't tell the child's mother everything that happened and tried to persuade the mother not to go to authorities.Chapel Hill police said they were investigating the incident.

RALEIGH, N.C. —

State officials have ordered a Chapel Hill day care to close after a toddler was left in a small bus for hours during 90-degree temperatures earlier this week.

New Life Child Development Center was ordered to close by the end of Friday following Tuesday's incident, WNCN reported.

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Officials from the state Department of Health and Human services said a 2-year-old girl was left unattended in a preschool day van from around 9 a.m. to around 3:30 p.m. The girl was in a passenger restraint device, DHHS officials said.

The girl's mother said her daughter was dehydrated after the incident but otherwise in good condition.